AKAN GOLDWEIGHTS Exhibition and catalogue by: Marija Ličina, kustos MAU
		February 16th - August 20th 2011.

The exhibition has been prolonged till August 20th. It showcases more that 500 goldweights from the collection of the Museum of African art, over 200 goldweights from the collection of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum in Ljubljana and examples from private collections along with the scales, boxes and spoons for gold dust.

		JEWELLERY OF ETHIOPIA Exhibition and catalogue by: Aleksandra Prodanović-Bojović, MAA curator
		November 10th, 2010 -

The specific nature of the cultures of the Horn of Africa: the intricate geographical and ethnic contrasts and dynamic history marked by the flowering of an ancient civilisation and Christian kingdom, alongside the enduring commercial and cultural encounters between intercontinental peoples, have grasped the attention of Europeans over an extensive period of time.

		“HAIRDRESSER AND BARBERSHOP SIGNS OF AFRICA” Exhibition and catalogue by: Nataša Njegovanović Ristić, art-historian and MAA senior curator
		December 30th, 2009 – August 31st, 2010

The “Hairdresser and Barbershop Signs of Africa” exhibition presents original boards from Cameroon, Senegal and the Central African Republic, alongside photographs documenting barbershop and hair-saloon signs in Togo, Benin, Ghana and Ivory Coast, dating from the 1970-ies to the present day, and stands as testimony of change characteristic of modern Africa and its popular art scene.

		“Afrobrasilian Rituals: Candomble and Umbanda”     Part of the program November - Month of Brasil at the Museum of African Art
		November 20th - December 18th , 2009

Between 1997-2003 anthropologist Ivan Milicevic Neto conducted research in Brasilia and Goiana, studying Afro-Brazilian ceremonies candomble and umbanda. His observations of ritual behaviour and trances resulted in a series of photographs – valuable documentary material conveying this particular form of religious practice, in which he himself participated. The candomble and umbanda rituals and beliefs are dedicated to the orisha’s, higher deities of the Nago-Yoruba and Bantu peoples of Angola and Congo, who reached Brazil in the first transatlantic ships, creating as a result a specific religious syncretism.

The exhibition, catalogue and program are realized with the support of the EMBASSY OF BRASIL IN BELGRADE

Exhibition opening: Friday, November 20th, 7 p.m.
The exhibition was opened by H.E. Mr. Dante COELHO DE LIMA, Ambassador to Brazil in Serbia.
The opening was followed by a concert of TRIO CHOCOLATE, Brasilian and Cuban muscians

		„The Cultural Heritage of South Africa from the Žarko Tarić African Village Collection“
		The Museum of African Art, September 11th - November 16th, 2009

The rich cultural heritage of the peoples of South Africa, conveyed through arts and crafts, is composed of two parts: a selection of South African drums and costumes with elaborate beaded accoutrement. The Zulu, Xosa and Ndbele peoples are renowned for their beadwork, as well as the masterful technique of beaded embroidery which is incorporated unto other materials such as textiles, wool and leather. Besides traditionally used materials, the African market is abundant in printed industrial textiles that convey various patterns of different origin.

		„AinB“   Exhibition and catalogue by: Nebojša Babić, photographer Ana Sladojević, MAA curator
		(Museum of African Art, 25th June – 4th September, 2009)

The „AinB“ exhibition is a collaboratiove project of photographer Nebojša Babić and curator Ana Sladojević. The people that participated in the project are Museum friends who are connected through thier roots, language or familial ties to Africa: Emma Ashiantide, Isaac Nana Amissah-Eshun, Alberto Dias, Arafan Djassi (in memoriam), Biradieye Fall, Ivon Jafali, Abdellatyf Kharmouch, Tarik Kharmouch, Hamadahamane Maiga, Mihajlo Idrisa Maiga, Tamara Kabangu Maiga, Alfaris Sajed, Hani Tajeb. Individual stories that accompany thier portraits, reconstruct their relationship with their surroundings. Video footage was created with film-director Aleksandar Maričić.